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| Deirdre Mayfair | |
| Continuity: | Lives of the Mayfair Witches |
| Notability: | Supporting character |
| Type: | Witch |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | 1239 First Street, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Associations: | Mayfair family |
| Relatives: | Antha Mayfair Cortland Mayfair Rowan Mayfair |
| Status: | Deceased |
| First: | The Witching Hour |
| Actor: | Annabeth Gish Cameron Jade Inman |
Deirdre Mayfair is a fictional witch and a supporting character featured in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches line of novels by author Anne Rice. She appeared in the first book in the series, The Witching Hour, published in October, 1990. The character also made appearances in season one of the Mayfair Witches television series on AMC. She was played by actress Annabeth Gish as well as Cameron Jade Inman in flashback scenes.
Biography[]
Deirdre Mayfair was a female member of the Mayfair family of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Antha Mayfair and lived at the family estate at 1239 First Street in the Garden District. Born of a witches' bloodline, she was a "designee" of the estate and the twelfth witch in a lineage that went all the way back to her 17th century Scottish ancestor, Suzanne of the Mayfair, from whom the family took their name.
More than any witch who came before her, Deirdre Mayfair suffered the most for the presence of the spiritual being known as Lasher. She spent the majority of her youth institutionalized.
In early 1959, Deirdre was raped by her uncle, Cortland Mayfair, who left her with child. Deirdre gave birth to Rowan Mayfair on November 7th, 1959. At the auspices of her aunt, Carlotta Mayfair, the child was taken away and raised in San Francisco by a family cousin. Deirdre spent the remainder of her years a helpless invalid, kept numb with Thorazine as ordered by Carlotta.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Deirdre Mayfair was created by writer Anne Rice.
- Deirdre Mayfair is 41-years-old at the beginning of The Witching Hour. In the Mayfair Witches, she is 47-years-old.
- Deirdre is the granddaughter of Stella Mayfair, and the great granddaughter of Mary Beth Mayfair and Julien Mayfair. Julien is the father of Cortland, who is the father of Deirdre's child.
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Appearances[]
- Anne Rice's The Witching Hour 1
- Witching Hour, The
- Mayfair Witches: The Witching Hour
- Mayfair Witches: The Dark Place
- Mayfair Witches: Second Line
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